New Zealand “School For Schmucks” Holds Dead Opposum Dressing Contest

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New Zealand ‘School For Schmucks’ Holds Dead Opposum Dressing Contest

By Elizabeth C.

LIKE THE UNWITTING DOLTS INVITED TO THE “>RIOTOUSLY INSULTING DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS, administrators at a tiny New Zealand school who held a best dressed opposum contest can’t fathom what all the fuss is about.

The contest was part of an inaugural pig hunting contest to benefit the 14 students of the Uriti School. But the display of dead opposums dressed as — among other things, a boxer, princess, painter, beach comber and beauty queen – – sickened animal lovers and animal rights groups.

“This is Uruti and how we do things, and so many people have come in support,” Event organiser Martinelle Lobb told a news reporter. She said she was “blown away” by the response to the event which raised $8,000.

But a spokesman for the SPCA insisted that “animals deserve respect even after death.” And one appalled commentator wrote at the Taranaki Daily News site, “How utterly disgusting is that ! I almost vomited in my mouth watching it. I don’t care if they are ‘pests’. That’s not the point. It’s the fact the killing was used as a ‘fun fundraiser’ and that children were involved. Dressing up dead/skinned possums? What the!! Lets hope they don’t go home and have some ‘fun’ with the family cat or dog!!”